Experian plc (LON:EXPN) Given Average Rating of “Moderate Buy” by Brokerages

Experian plc (LON:EXPN) has been assigned a consensus recommendation of “Moderate Buy” from the five research firms that are covering the firm, Marketbeat reports. One analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating and four have given a buy rating to the company. The average 1 year target price among analysts that have updated their coverage on the stock in the last year is GBX 3,502.50 ($44.30).

A number of research analysts have commented on EXPN shares. Jefferies Financial Group reiterated a “buy” rating and set a GBX 4,260 ($53.88) price objective on shares of Experian in a research note on Wednesday, June 12th. Shore Capital reiterated a “buy” rating on shares of Experian in a research note on Tuesday, May 21st.

Insider Transactions at Experian

In other Experian news, insider Lloyd Pitchford sold 57,039 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, June 10th. The stock was sold at an average price of GBX 3,640 ($46.04), for a total transaction of £2,076,219.60 ($2,626,131.55). Corporate insiders own 0.18% of the company’s stock.

Experian Stock Performance

LON:EXPN opened at GBX 3,689 ($46.66) on Thursday. The firm has a 50-day moving average of GBX 3,580.06 and a two-hundred day moving average of GBX 3,399.55. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 96.19, a current ratio of 0.70 and a quick ratio of 0.76. The stock has a market cap of £33.65 billion, a P/E ratio of 3,579.61, a PEG ratio of 1.39 and a beta of 0.65. Experian has a 1-year low of GBX 2,366 ($29.93) and a 1-year high of GBX 3,796 ($48.01).

Experian Increases Dividend

The firm also recently declared a dividend, which will be paid on Friday, July 19th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, June 20th will be given a $0.41 dividend. This is a positive change from Experian’s previous dividend of $0.18. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, June 20th. This represents a yield of 0.93%. Experian’s payout ratio is 4,466.02%.

About Experian

Experian plc, together with its subsidiaries, operates as a technology company in North America, Latin America, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Asia Pacific. It operates in two segments, Business-to-Business and Consumer Services. The company collects, sorts, aggregates, and transforms data from various sources to provide a range of data-driven services.